Pacific Towing (PacTow) is using its fleet of strategically positioned vessels and 200+ staff to help keep vital food and medical supplies coming in to its home country, Papua New Guinea (PNG). The company also has capacity to further support PNG’s various marine sectors, all key contributors to the economy. Moreover, with COVID-19 severely hampering mari...

‘Home-base’, were the words Company Director of Pacific Industries Limited, Ashlon Chue, chose to describe Papua New Guinea and the company’s operations.He said the Chue family, having come to PNG in the early 1900’s have ‘always maintained the philosophy of Papua New Guinea as home-base’.“So we have always seen the positive side of investing in PNG and c...

Papua New Guinea’s leading rice manufacturer and distributer, Trukai Industries Limited has reached a significant milestone as it reaches its 50thanniversary in PNG.From its humble beginnings in Lae, Morobe Province, on February 17, 1970, the company has now grown to be a leading household name in PNG with over 1,000 employees and 12 distribution centres ...

A growing number of PNG businesses are enjoying the benefits of sourcing a diverse array of quality products direct from Chinese factories. Sourcing direct, as opposed to via retailers and wholesalers, cuts out expensive middlemen, saving businesses thousands and making them more competitive. Sourcing from the manufacturing mecca of China provides busines...

Pacific Towing, the region’s dominant marine services provider, has introduced an in-water Hull Cleaning service. A first for PNG and indeed Melanesia, this crucial service will save shipping companies potentially hundreds of thousands of kina. Hull cleaning is necessary when there is a build-up of marine fouling such as barnacles or tubeworm. It is a vit...

By: Alasdair Smith, Strategic Projects Manager, OceaneeringDigitalisation and improved data capture can positively impact asset performance and efficiency in a number of ways. It can help confidently assure the condition of production equipment through streamlined inspection and maintenance programmes and also help assure safety and reduce risk for person...

From Papua New Guinea to Singapore, New Caledonia, Fiji and Australia, five young Papua New Guinean women are following their dreams of becoming future deck officers in the maritime industry – and experiencing new cultures and professional challenges in the process.The young seafarers are undertaking a three-year maritime cadetship through an innovative p...

After three years of delays and frustrations, Anitua Housing Solutions (AHS) celebrated a significant milestone in October at its large-scale housing development at Kennedy Estate - 7 Mile, Port Moresby. The first set of keys in its 158 house project was handed over to PNG’s latest homeowner. "I am happy to finally move in and my family and I now have a p...

Marine pilotage plays a vital role in marine safety and accident prevention ensuring designated sea ports continue to contribute to economic prosperity through import and export via international commerce and trade.As professionally licensed mariners, pilots board and assume the conduct of a vessel and guide it along the safest route to its port of call.A...

NKW Fresh Field Extension Officers impacting rural communities through PNG-Australia PartnershipTHERE are many stories of the positive impact that many resource projects across Papua New Guinea are having on the lives of rural communities, particularly so for impact and nearby communities.Many landowner companies have come out from these projects. Some o...

Thanks to Hornibrook NGI Limited (HNGI) travellers living at the Lumbrum Naval Base and between Lombrum and Lolak junction in Manus can now ride easy, safely and travel in less time. On top of this, Hornibrook sourced road base material locally on Manus. These were later crushed and screened by another Manus business and locals were employed to carry out ...

Pacific Towing has become the first business in the Steamships Group to set up in Fiji and is on track to successfully complete its first major project in Fiji since registering a new business last November. Based at the main wharf in Suva, Pacific Towing’s newest business employs four Papua New Guinean divers and six Fijian locals. The team of divers, e...

Economic activity will get a major boost when the Coral Sea Cable System is completed later this year. Internet users in Papua New Guinea will have access to improved internet access when the K331 million (AU$136.6 million) International Submarine Cable project linking Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Australia is completed. The Coral Sea Cable Syste...